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Fairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Chairoplane and Domestic Scenes Drawings, 13 July 1943

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.5
Scope and Contents

Various sketches glued to a sheet of paper showing pencil, ink, watercolour and goache drawings of a chairoplane ride and showmen and women carrying domestic tasks in their caravans by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 13 July 1943

Galloper Sketch, c1940 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.6
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a gallopers roundabout with some annotations by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Gallopers and Fairground View Drawings, c1940 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.4
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of galloping horses, one ridden by a woman, a dragon's head and a bird's eye view of a fairground by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Gallopers Scene Painting, c1940 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.7
Scope and Contents

Watercolour and gouache painting on paper of a galloper with fair goers on the foreground and a lady wearing a kiss me hat.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Gondola Sketch, c1940 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.1
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a gondola with a dragon's head by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Helter Skelter Sketch, 1946

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.3
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a helter skelter and round games stall at Nottingham Goose Fair by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 1946

Margaret Whitaker Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0140
Scope and Contents

Fairground drawings and photographs by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: c1940 - 1949; 1997

Original Artwork, c1940 - 1949

 Series
Reference code: 178V21
Scope and Contents

Drawings and sketches of fiargrounds, fairground rides and behind the scenes sketches showing showmen and women carrying out domestic jobs drawned by Margaret Whitaker at Tiverton Fair in Devon and Nottingham Goose Fair.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Photographic Album, 1997

 Item
Reference code: 178C133.1
Scope and Contents Folder containing colour photographs of Warcham and Sons Old Tyme Golden Galloping Horses ride and central organ at Tiverton Christmas Fair, with pencil annotations by Margaret and an ink drawing of a child riding a galloper. These images are part of a collection of photographs dated Christmas 1997, which Margaret used to produce a series of 3D Christmas card illustrations for her friends and family. Only 5 pages have been used, many empty pages and pages containing dried leaves at the end...
Dates: 1997

Sketches of People on Fairground Rides, 1947

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.8
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches of people on fairground rides, including gallopers, at the Goose Fair by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 1947

Switchback and Helter Skelter Drawings, 4 July 1943

 Item
Reference code: 178V21.2
Scope and Contents

Two sketches blued to a paper sheet showing a pencil drawings of a switchback railway ride with annotations about colours, carvings and finishes and pencil drawing of a helter skelter at Mitcham Fair by Margaret Whitaker.

Dates: 4 July 1943